Flower-pot support.



NO. 02,1 /1. PATENTED OCT. 17, 1.905.

W. T. MQQUBARY. FLOWER POT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1905v 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

FLOWER-POT SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed May 9, 1905. Serial No. 259,549.

To all whom itmay concern} Be it known that 1, WILSON T. MCQUEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing near Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flower-Pot Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in flower-pot supports.

The object of my invention is to provide a flower-pot support adapted to be suspended from a building, porch, or other structure.

My invention provides a flower-pot support which may be quickly and securely attached upon the inner or outer side of a window-frame.

My invention provides, further, a flowerpot support comprising two horizontal sections slidably mounted upon each other, whereby the length of the support may be adjusted to correspond with the width of the window-frame from which it is suspended.

My invention provides,still further,aflowerpot support provided with a platform for supporting the flower-pots, said platform being provided with means for carrying water falling thereupon to and permitting it to fall over the outer edge of the platfor-mthat is, the edge distant from the buildingthus preventing the water running down the wall of the building.

My invention provides,further, novel means for suspending the flower-pot support from the building.

My invention provides also a supplemental flower-pot frame provided With means for engaging and being supported by the two slidable sections of the main frame.

Other novel features of construction are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the flower-pot support attached to a window-frame, the supplemental support being removed. Fig. 2 is a view looking at the under side of the main supporting-frame. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the main supporting-frame. Fig. 4 is a top view with both platforms removed and showing the supplemental frame, with its platform removed, mounted upon the main frame, the main frame being shown in the contracted position. Fig. 5 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 4 with'the exception that the main frame is shown in the extended position and the platform of the supplemental frame is not removed. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on the dotted line a Z) of Fig. 4. V

I will first describe the main supportingframe. The said supporting-frame comprises two horizontal sections each consisting of the two substantially U-shaped horizontal bars 1 and 2, disposed one above the other, the bars of one section being slidably mounted longitudinally at their inner ends upon the inner ends of the corresponding bars of the other section. To eflect this sliding connection, each end of each bar has secured to it a rectangular sleeve 3, in which the adjacent end of the opposite bar is slidably mounted. The upper and lower U-shaped bars of each section are connected to each other, respectively, by means of vertical bars 4:. The inner ends of the bars 2 of each section have secured to them a horizontal transverse bar 5, secured at its ends, respectively, to the adjacent sleeves 8. To the outer end of each lower bar 2 are secured the outer ends of one or more horizontal longitudinal rods 6, the inner ends of which are slidably mounted upon and eX- tend through holes provided therefor in the transverse bar 5 of the opposite section.

7 denotes the window-frame, in the outer edge of the sill of which are secured a plurality of hooks 8, which engage and support the inner sides of the upper U-shapecl bars 1. Two supports 9, comprising, preferably, two chains, are secured at their inner ends to the window-frame 7, at each side thereof, and at their outer ends are pivotally secured, respectively, to the two bars 1 upon the outer sides of said bars adjacent the outer ends thereof.

Two platforms 10 are horizontally disposed, respectively, upon the bars 6 and are slidably mounted longitudinally upon each other. The inner edge and outer end. of each platform 10 is upwardly turned, so as to form thereon the flanges 11, which flanges prevent the water falling on the platforms from running therefrom upon the building, which water is guided by the flanges to the outer edges of the platforms.

In attaching the device to the building the two sections composing the main support are extended to the proper positions to correspond to the width of the window-frame, after which the bars 1 are slipped over the books 8, and the inner ends of the chains 9 are secured in any desired manner to opposite sides, respectively, of the window-frame at a suitable height above the window-sill. The flowerpots may then be set in a row upon the upper sides of the platforms 10.

The supplemental flower-pot support comprises two vertical ends 12, consisting, preferably, each of a single rod, a portion of which is bent into a U shape, the inner arm of which at its upper end is inwardly and downwardly bent to form a hook 13, adapted to be slipped over the adjacent bar 2. The other arm is upwardly inclined from a point above the horizontal portion of the U and has its upper end inwardly and downwardly bent to form a hook 14, adapted to be slipped over and be supported by the outer side of the adjacent bar 1. One or more horizontal rods 15 are secured, respectively, at their ends to the vertical ends 12. A horizontal platform 16 is mounted upon the upper sides of the bars 15 and serves as a support for flower-pots that may be placed thereon. A horizontal rod 17 is secured at its ends to the outer arms of the U-shaped portions of the vertical ends 12 at points disposed above the platform 16. To attach the supplemental flower-pot support to the main frame after said frame has been secured to the window-frame in the manner hereinbefore described, it is but necessary to slip the hooks 14 and 13 over the upper edges of the bars 1 and 2, respectively, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Various modifications of my invention may be resorted to Without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections longitudinally slidable one upon the other, each section being provided with a horizontal rest for the flower-pots movable with its section, means for supporting from the building or other structure the inner sides of said sections, and two supports pivotally connected to the outer sides of said sections respectively, said two supports being adapted to be secured to a building or other structure.

2. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections longitudinally slidable one upon the other, each section have a platform to support the flower-pots, the platform having means for carrying water falling thereupon to and permitting it to fall over the outer edge of the-platform, two supports pivotally connected respectively, one to the outer side of each section, said supports being adapted to be secured to the building, and means for engaging and supporting the inner sides of said sections by the building.

v3. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections, each section consisting of two substantially U-shaped bars disposed one above the other, vertical bars connecting the upper and lower U-shaped bars, the upper and lower U-shaped bars of one section being slidably mounted respectively upon the corresponding U-shaped bars of the other section, a platform for supporting the flower-pots being provided on each section, and means for suspending said sections from the building or other structure.

4. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections longitudinally slidable one upon the other, the lower side of each sec tion having secured to it a transverse horizontal bar disposed at the inner end of the said section, each section having one or more horizontal longitudinal flower-pot-supporting rods, the rods of each section being secured at their outer ends to said section and being slidably mounted at their inner ends on the transverse bar carried by the other section.

5. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections, each consisting of two substantially U-shaped horizontal bars disposed one above the other, vertical bars connecting the upper and lower U-shaped bars, corresponding bars of opposite sections being slidably mounted upon each other, two horizontal transverse bars secured respectively to the inner ends of the lower U-shaped bars of said sections, one or more horizontal longitudinal rods secured at their outer ends to each one of the lower U-shaped bars, the inner ends of said rods of each section being slidably mounted upon the transverse bar of the opposite section.

6. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections longitudinally slidable one upon the other, the lower side of each section having secured to it a transverse bar, said transverse bars being disposed respectively one at the inner end of each section, twolongitudinal horizontal rods secured each at its outer end to the outer end of the adjacent section, the inner ends of said rods being slidably mounted respectively each upon the transverse bar of the opposite section, and two platforms mounted respectively upon said longitudinal rods and slidably mounted relative to each other.

7. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections longitudinally-slidable one upon the other and provided each with means for supporting the flower-pots, and a supplemental flower-pot support suspended from said two sections.

8. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections longitudinally slidable upon each other, each section having means for supporting the flower-pots, means for suspending said sections from the building or other structure, and a supplemental frame provided with means for supporting one or more flower-pots, said frame being provided with means for engaging and being supported by said two sections.

9. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections longitudinally slidable upon each other, each section being provided with a platform for supporting the flowerpots, said platforms overlapping and being slidable'relati've to each other, each platform having means for carrying water falling thereupon to and permitting it to fall over the outer edge of the platform, and a supplemental flower-pot support mounted at its ends respectively upon said two sections. I

10. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections longitudinally slidable upon each other, each section having means for supporting the flower-pots, means for supporting said sections from the building or other structure, and a supplemental flowerpot support comprising a frame having means for supporting flower-pots and slidably supported at its respective ends upon said sections.

11. A flower-pot support comprising two horizontal sections, each section consisting of two substantially U-shaped horizontal bars disposed one above the other, vertical bars connecting the upper and lower bars of each section, the U-shaped bars of each section being slidably mounted respectively upon corresponding U-shaped bars of the opposite section, two horizontal platforms supported respectively upon the lower U-shaped bars of said sections, means for supporting said sections from the building or other structure,

and a supplemental flower-pot support comprising a frame having at each end hooks for engaging respectively the upper and lower U-shaped bars of the adjacent section, the supplemental frame having means for supporting one or more flower-pots.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILSON T. MOQUEARY.

Witnesses:

WARREN D. House, HENRY F. ROSE. 

